Toy gun.



R. G. NICHOLAS.

TOY GUN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 3!. i911.

Patented Dec. 10, 1918.

7 Ja 0 M E. l QE r ROBERT G. NICHOLAS, OF CLYDE, KANSAS.

or GUN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 31, 1917. Serial No, 209,656.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT GRANT NICH- OLAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clyde, in the county of Cloud, and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Guns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved toy gun and has as its primary object to provide a gun of this character especially adapted for shooting an arrow or other similar projectile.

The invention has as a further object to provide a toy gun employing a relatively strong projecting spring so that the arrow will be projected from the gun with considerable force and wherein a very simple trigger construction will be provided for releasing said spring.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a toy gun wherein the stock, barrel and body of the gun will all be formed from a single piece of material and wherein the arrow receiving groove in the barrel will be closed upon its upper side by a suitable closure strip completing the contour of the barrel and also providing a guard for the free portion of the projecting spring.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a toy gun employing a projecting spring of the contractile type and wherein a very simple construction will be provided for retaining the spring stretched to cock the gun.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds, and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved toy gun showing the gun cooked and illustrating the arrow employed, in position in the gun barrel,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the gun with the closure strip for the gun barrel removed,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1, more particularly illustrating the manner in which the gun barrel is formed with a groove for receiving the arrow,

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side elevation particularly illustrating the mounting of the trigger of the gun,

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the shoulder employed upon the stock of the Patented Dec. id 1918.

gun for retaining the projecting spring toy gun is formed with a stock 10 at one exj tremity of which is provided a butt 11 while an upstanding barrel 12 extends longitudinally from the opposite extremity of the stock. As clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings, the stock 10, butt 11 and the barrel 12 are preferably formed integral from a single piece of material and may be constructed of wood or any other approved substance. The barrel 12 is formed with a longitudinally extending slot 13 opening through the upper side of the barrel and at its inner extremity provides a stop shoulder 14. From the said shoulder the upper edge of the stock is cut away longitudinally to form a springway 15 and at the inner end of said springway is further cut away to provide a spring retaining shoulder 16. As clearly shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, this shoulder 16 curves from side to side of the stock and is preferably undercut slightly. Pivoted upon of which is adapted to move across the shoulder 16 vertically thereof. This trigger lies flat against the adjacent side faceof the 1 stock and the rear extremity thereof projects along the butt 11 of the gun so that the trigger may be easily operated.

Closing the upper side of'the groove 13in the barrel 12 is a strip 18 which is formed to complete the contour of the barrel. This strip is secured to the upper side of the barrel by nails or other suitable fastening devices and at its inner extremity'projects over the springway 15 of the stock to provide, as will presently appear, a guard for the free portion of the pro ecting spring employed. Supporting the inner end of the said strip is a post 19 arranged immediately 16. This post may be formed integrally with the stock, or, if desired, may be constructed from a block suitably secured to the stock and having the inner end of the strip in the rear of the spring retaining shoulder 1 18 fastened thereto. Mounted to move with- J 1 spring is of the contractile type and the 'ex- ,1:-

tremities thereof are secured to opposite sides of the stock by staples or other suitable fastening devices 21. Normally this spring will contract to engage at its intermediate portion with the stop shoulder 1d of the barrel. However, by grasping the intermediate portion of the spring, the said spring may be stretched and consequently shifted rearwardly within the springway 15, to engage, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, over the shoulder 16, which will then act to retain the spring, when the gun will be cocked. In this connection, it will be noted that the slight undercut of the shoulder 16 will tend to prevent accidental displacement 'ofth'e spring. Furthermore, it will be noted that the post '19 will provide a stop shoulder in the rear of the shoulder 16 so that when stretching the spring 20 to cock the gun, the intermediate portion of the spring may be simply moved to abutthe said post in the rear of the spring retaining shoulder and then released, when the spring will immediately shift forward to engage the shoulder 16. In order to prevent undue outward forcebeing exerted against the post. 19, when thusstretching the spring 20 to cook the gun, a protecting rod 22 is inserted through the strip 18 infront of the said post and em bedded in the stock. This rod 22 will thus also serve to reinforce the connection between the said strip and the post.

While any suitable type of projectile may be employedin connection with the gun of thepresent inventionstill, as previously intimated, the present toy is particularly de signed for shootiiro' n'arrow. The arrow e employed 1s,as shown in detall in Fig. 6 of 'thedmwings, formed with a relatively long cylindrical shank '23 equipped :at one end with "an arrowhead 24 and preferably said arrowhead is tipped with a rubber or other suitable cushion tip 25 secured to the arrow head many approved manner.

As will now be seen, the shank23 of the arrow may be inserted through the slot '13 of the gun bar-rel to project, as shown in Fig. 1, into the sprin'gway 15, the projecting spring 20 being'in engagement with the retaining shoulder 16 therefon' The gun is then ready to shoot. Aim may be taken in the usual manner, when by depressing the rear extremity of the trigger 17, the forward extremity thereof will be caused to engage the intermediate portion of the projecting spring as shown in Fig. i, for lifting the said spring out of engagement with the shoulder 16. The spring may thus be read- 'ilyreleased when the intermediate portion thereof 'will "be immediately contracted "through the springway to strike the inner end 'of the 'arrow shank and project the arrow from the gun. Owing to the length of the saidspring it will be seen that the arrow will be-so projected with considerable force.

reasonwill notbe likely to get out of order.

Furthermore, the toy may be manufactured at-jminimmn cost and owing to its capability of forcibly shooting the arrow or projectile of the gun, will be found a particularly de sirable toy of this type.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

. 1. A toy gun including a stock, a grooved barrel carried thereby, a strip connected to the barrel and closing said groove, the said strip projecting at the inner extremity of the barrel to provide a guard member, and a resilient projecting member connected with the stock and having its intermediate portion adapted for movement beneath said guard member toward the outer end of the barrel for expelling a "projectile within the barrel.

2. toy gun including astock, a grooved barrel carried thereby, the stock being formed with a clearanceway, a strip connected with the barrel. to close said groove and projecting over the clea anceway to provide a guard, and a resilient projecting member connected with the stock and having its intermediate portion adapted for movement within the clearanceway beneath said guard toward the outer end of the barrel for expelling a projectile within the barrel. 7

3. A toy gun including a stock, a barrel carried thereby, a resilient projecting "member connected to opposite sides of the stock and having its intermediate portion extending across the inner end of the barrel, means formed on the stock for retaining the intermediate portion ofthe said member stretched away from the outer endof the barrel,;and means mounted upon the stock for releasing said intermediate portion ofthe member for movement toward the outer end of the barber connected toopposite sides o1 the stock 7 and having itsrintermediate portion extending across the inner end of the barrel, a shoulder formed on the stock and adapted to retain the intermediate portion of the said member stretchedaway from the outer end of the barrel, and means mounted upon the stock for releasing the-intermediate portion of the'member from engagement with the said shoulder for movement toward the outer end of the barrel to expel a projectile within the barrel.

5. A toy gun including a stoclna barrel carried thereby, a resilient nrojecting menr bericonnected to opposite sides of the stock and having its intermediate portion. extend-e ing across the inner end of the barrel, a shoulder carried h the stock and. adapted to retain the intermediate portion of the said member stretched awav from the outer end of the barrel, and a trigger pivoted upon the stock and having its forward end adapted for engagement with the intermediate portion of the member for releasing the said member from engagement with the shoulder for movement toward the outer end of the barrel to expel a projectile within the barrel.

6. A toy gun including a stock, a barrel carried thereby, a strip connected to the barrel and projecting at the inner extremity thereof to provide a guard member, a resilient projecting member connected with the stock and having its intermediate portion adapted for movement beneath said guard member toward the outer end of the barrel for expelling a projectile within the barrel, and means rising from the stock to support the inner end of said guard member and providing a stop adapted to limit the intermediate portion of the said member in its movement away from the barrel.

7. A toy gun including a stock, a barrel carried thereby, the stock being cut away at the inner end or" the barrel to form a clearanceway and being further cut away at the inner end of said clearanceway to provide a shoulder, a resilient projecting member connected with the stock and having its intermediate portion adapted for movement within the clearanceway to engage said shoulder for holding the intermediate portion of said member stretched'away from the barrel, and means upon the stock for lifting the said member out of engagement with said shoulder to expel a projectile within the barrel.

8. A toy gun including a stock, a barrel carried thereby, a shoulder formed from the stock, a resilient projecting member connected with the stock and having its intermediate portion adapted for engagement around the said shoulder for holding the intermediate portion of the member stretched away from the barrel, and means connected with the stock and adapted for engagement with the said member for lifting the intermediate portion thereof out of engagement with the shoulder for movement toward the outer end of the barrel to expel a projectile therein.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ROBERT G. NICHOLAS. [11. s.]

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